PRESENTERS:

STORY: Both deep humiliation and great pride factor in to an adventure while on a scientific field study (called the Ecoblitz) monitoring nocturnal creatures in Morgan-Monroe State Forest.

ABOUT RAE: Rae Schnapp, Ph.D., is conservation director for the Indiana Forest Alliance and is also the Wabash Riverkeeper.

Clarke Kahlo

STORY: What happens when a tree-hugger (me) and a lumberman (my friend) travel together in an RV.

ABOUT CLARKE: Clarke Kahlo is a retired man with time on his hands for storytelling, troublemaking, and canoeing. He’s a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, a former city planner and environmental advocate for the past two decades who enjoys participating in land use/zoning battles where our natural heritage or livability is threatened by commercial over-reach. He blogs at www.heartoftheriver.wordpress.com

Carrie Tauscher

STORY: How my childhood in the “North woods” of Wisconsin made me so passionate about exposing children to trees and forests.

ABOUT CARRIE: Carrie is a certified arborist and serves as the State Community and Urban Forestry Coordinator at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Chuck Turner

STORY: I lose and find myself in the forest, against all odds, over and over.

ABOUT CHUCK: Chuck Turner heads the conservation committee for the Indianapolis Hiking Club.

Glory-June Greiff

STORY: How the spirits of two loved ones helped me find my way in the forest.

ABOUT GLORY-JUNE: A native of the rolling moraine of northern Indiana, Glory-June Greiff is a historian, environmental and preservation activist, and woodsprite. She lives in a tiny urban forest—a certified backyard wildlife habitat—in downtown Indianapolis.